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You are right, I have not centered on the specific reason(s) why it has failed me. I felt I had to get it off of my chest, and now, out of my house. Specifically, the machine has become a non-producing asset. I needed productivity in a very short amount of time and least $$$ invested, which is critical to any business. Which to me meant doing it with the least amount of time babysitting the system, searching for hardware/software, system maintenance, compatibility with output devices and easy/low $$$ expand/upgrade. I looked at many of the options available to me, doing good time/$$$ analysis, availability (a big issue here) and most important-what the system was going to be used for. In the end, it was the Mac I landed on. This was also based on personal experience with a variety of systems. Believing I already had a machine capable of handling the task, I purchased the AMAX. Blow #1 came quickly when I found out the HD I had was not supported (AMAX) and the company no longer existed (CLtd). THAT is when the T/$ hit me hardest. By the time I could have purchased a new drive/card-cage, more memory (4megs min.), installed it all and got it up and running, along with purchasing appropriate software, it was time to buy the real thing…A Mac Classic 40/4. One last consideration is that the Amiga is still not considered a business oriented machine, even today. I still get people telling me that I "must be" an artist if that is the kind of machine I have. Believe me, it was and still is a great disappointment to get such negative responses from the clients I was after or have. They know about the machine, sort of, but did not trust that I or the machine were up to the task. I would still integrate the machine into my business if there were a low$$$/ NON-time consuming way to do it. Any suggestions are welcomed.